JGal Coaching & Consulting

Coaching for Student Athletes & College Students

Build confidence. Strengthen your mindset. Trust yourself.
Coaching to help young people perform under pressure, navigate challenges, and build the confidence to handle more on their own.

What is the difference between coaching and therapy?

Coaching is a partnership designed to help you recognize your strengths, work toward meaningful goals, and move toward your full potential.

Coaching is goal-focused and collaborative. Rather than telling you what to do, my role is to ask questions, offer perspective and strategies, and help you identify what you want to accomplish and how you want to get there. In my coaching work, that may mean strengthening your mental game as an athlete or developing the confidence and independence to successfully adjust to college.

Therapy addresses emotional and mental health concerns and may include exploring past experiences, relationship patterns, anxiety, depression, trauma, or other concerns that affect your well-being.

Coaching is not psychotherapy and does not include the diagnosis or treatment of mental health conditions. Because I am both a licensed therapist and a coach, I am thoughtful about keeping these roles separate. If you're unsure which service is the better fit, we can talk about that during a consultation.

Coaching is about more than knowing what to do. It’s learning to trust yourself enough to do it.

Schedule free consultation

Free Discovery Call: We’ll start with a brief call to talk about what you’re hoping to accomplish and determine whether coaching is the right fit.

Getting Started: Before we begin, you’ll complete a few forms to help me better understand your goals. Together, we’ll identify what you want to work on and what meaningful progress would look like for you.

During Sessions: Our sessions will focus on practical strategies you can use in real situations—whether that’s managing pressure during competition, recovering after a mistake, working through homesickness, making a difficult decision, or finding ways to connect on campus.

Between Sessions: Coaching continues through practice. You’ll have opportunities to apply what we’re working on between sessions, and some coaching packages may include brief check-ins for accountability and support.

Session Structure: Coaching is offered in packages based on the program and your goals. We’ll talk about the recommended number and frequency of sessions during your consultation.

Building Independence: My goal isn’t to make decisions for you or tell you exactly what to do. It’s to help you develop the confidence, skills, and self-awareness to handle challenges, make decisions, and trust yourself moving forward.

Here’s What You Can Expect:

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Confidence grows when you learn you can handle hard things.

Two ways to build confidence and independence.

ATHLETIC MINDSET COACHING
Confidence • Focus • Performance • Resilience

TRANSITION TO COLLEGE COACHING
Independence • Connection • Decision-Making • Adjustment

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‍ ‍ ATHLETIC MINDSET COACHING

Physical preparation is only part of athletic performance. Confidence, focus, self-talk, pressure, expectations, and the ability to recover after a mistake can all affect how you perform.

Drawing on my experience coaching student athletes with The 90 Percent, I help athletes strengthen the mental side of their game and develop practical strategies they can use in practices and competition.

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TRANSITION TO COLLEGE COACHING

Going away to college can be exciting—and harder than expected. Students are adjusting to being away from home, new academic expectations, new relationships, and greater responsibility for managing everyday life on their own.

Coaching can help students work through homesickness and other adjustment challenges, manage academic responsibilities, connect with campus resources and activities, strengthen decision-making and problem-solving skills, and build confidence living more independently while maintaining a healthy connection with family.

my guiding principles

GROWTH

Coaching is about developing skills you can carry with you. We’ll identify where you want to grow and take practical steps toward getting there.

PARTNERSHIP

I’ll bring experience, perspective, and strategies to our work, but you remain in charge of your goals and decisions.

INDEPENDENCE

The goal isn’t for you to need a coach forever. It’s to build the confidence and skills to handle challenges, make decisions, and trust yourself moving forward.

ACCOUNTABILITY

Change happens through practice. I’ll help you follow through on what you’re working toward while adjusting our approach when something isn’t working.

WORKSHOPS & SCHOOL CONSULTING

Helping student-athletes thrive often means supporting the adults around them too.

I also partner with high schools and athletic programs to provide workshops and consulting for student athletes, coaches, and parents. Topics may include the mental side of athletic performance, managing pressure and expectations, communication, and ways coaches and parents can support athletes in developing confidence and resilience.

Interested in bringing a workshop or consulting support to your school or athletic program?

Contact me